My Mind's Eye

On my visit to Hobbysew yesterday, Helen wanted me to choose from the new range of My Mind's Eye, well I couldn't, A) I didn't have the brain working, B) I couldn't think what I would do with any of the 4 designs, so I told Helen to choose for me. Well as I left the shop I was still wondering what photos I had to go with them. But as I drove home the brain started to think (thank god) and by the time I got home I knew that I had the right photos for the paper. But I had to order a couple more, which I have done and will pick them up in the morning, then I will start to play with the 2 douple LO's that I have in my mind. So in the mean time I have completed a couple more LOs in my Mother-in -law's album, so getting closer to being finished. With a bit of luck it will be finished for Mother's Day, fingers crossed.

1998

This LO is one of many that I have complete for my Mother-in-Law, covering her 92.5 years, when I started I bought a 8x8 album, well little did I know how many photos she had. I have just ordered my 3 12x12 album. Her collection of photos from her early years are just priceless. I have scanned all the photos and scrapbooked the oringinal, as I now know they are safe and all together in the one place. So lots of pages have a mixture of different photos from different times, so I have done it year by year, some years there may be more than one page but it was the easiest way to do it I found. Some of the LO's I really like and went to a lot more trouble, some are very basic with not a lot on them, but thats OK I have decided. With so many to do plus DD's years and her trip, DS years and mine, it gets a bit over whelming at times. So I reminded myself that scrapbooking is for pleasure and shouldn't be a chore. So when I find it a chore they are basic LO and when its for pleasure I am able to play with the LO more. The one above I enjoyed doing, it was all Black & White till I let loose with the spritz and gave it a brownish tinge. I bought a (wait for it ) a Mills & Boon novel ( LO ) at the 2nd hand shop so I love tearing out the pages and scrunching them up for my LO's, I did try and cut it out with the Cricut, but the paper was to thin. Anyway I like this LO for no particular reason and I enjoyed doing it which is the most import thing. :)

Family @ Christmas

I carried the scrunched up tree onto this page to follow the first one. I used the tree as a template and sprayed spritz on it to leave the outline of the tree on the R hand side of the L page, I had hope to see a bit more of it but I couldn't cut the photos back anymore so what you see is just a bit, but I have moved on. I outlined areas with back pen, you may have to enlarge the photo to see my handy pen work. LOL

Christmas Time 2010

On my way home from Lorne I called into the Kaisercraft Outlet, the above LO ( left hand page only ) had been a kit but had sold out so I managed to still buy the papers and asked permission to take a photo which they were very kind to allow me to do. So I made up the second page which I think goes OK with the 1st. The photos are of DH, DS & myself, DD was still in America having a White Christmas.

Australian Forces

Here is another basic LO, I took these photos at the begining of the Great Ocean Road after a week in Lorne, where it had rained for most of the time and as you will see it was still raining. So once again this LO was about the photos and this Arch has lots of memories for me, which I will add the journalling to one day when I can sit and put pen to paper. I actually used embellishments etc that I had for sometime. I sand papered around the edge of the photos to give them a border.

Magic Masuhrooms

Found these beautiful Mushrooms in the grounds of where we stayed in Beachworth a couple of years ago. They were so perfect the DH thought they where plastic, I just expected a Fairy to appear from under one of them. A very basic LO, but this one was really all about the photos, I did add some stamping which really blends in, not sure if that is a good thing or not, I also added some flowers for a bit of height.

Blog Clean Up

Well I have deleted a couple of things from my blog and have looked at some new back grounds. Plus I have taken the photos of my latest LOs so they are ready to be uploaded, so with a bit of luck I might get round to doing them tonight yeh ha, but please don't hold your breath, I really need to have a roast, so I think tonight is the night as there isn't any sport or appointments. I was home alone yesterday afternoon, how nice so I did managed to take the photos and complete some LOs, so I had a lovely day. Saturday I watch DD play netball so I practiced my sports photography, still plenty to learn. LOL Roz